NYPD arrest Muslim woman who claimed attack by Trump supporters

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A Muslim-American woman who claimed supporters of President-elect Donald Trump harassed her and tried to steal her hijab, or veil, on the NYC subway was arrested Wednesday for making up the account, the New York City Police Department said.

Yasmin Seweid, 18, of New Hyde Park, N.Y., on Long Island, was arrested for obstructing government administration and reporting a false incident, Sgt. Brendan Ryan of the NYPD told USA TODAY. She was awaiting arraignment Wednesday night at central booking in Manhattan, Ryan said. It will be up to the courts to decide how quickly her arraignment takes place, according to Ryan.

Seweid supplied verbal and written confessions to the police, authorities said.

"Significant" police department resources were used to investigate the case, Ryan confirmed.

It came as the Southern Poverty Law Center reported an uptick in hate-related incidents since the election of Trump, who drew the endorsement of the Ku Klux Klanand who proposed a registry for immigrants from Muslim immigrants during his White House campaign.

Seweid told police that three drunk men on the subway on Dec. 1 shouted Trump's name while trying to remove her hijab.

Seweid has been in a dispute with her parents regarding a romantic relationship that did not meet the parents approval, law enforcement authorities said.